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June 19, 2025
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Recent, Happening Now
June 9, 2025
Happening Now: Transportation Pricing Outpacing Capacity
According to FreightWaves, transportation pricing grew faster than capacity again in May. Despite rising capacity, prices surged even more—signaling tightness in the transportation market and...
Recent, Happening Now
May 19, 2025
Per-Diem and Detention Charges in Shipping: What They Are and How to Prevent Them
Detention and demurrage charges—already a pain point for importers—are once again under scrutiny. In 2025, a mix of regulatory ambiguity, evolving steamship line practices, and a volatile...
Recent, Happening Now
May 9, 2025
The End of De Minimis: What It Means for Importers (and How Weber Can Help)
A major change in U.S. trade policy took effect on May 2, 2025: the removal of the de minimis exemption for shipments entering the U.S. from China and Hong Kong. This decision has significant...
Warehouse operations
August 9, 2018
Weber Adds New Inland Empire Warehouse
Weber Logistics has opened a 300,000-square-foot warehouse in Eastvale, CA (Inland Empire Region) for distribution of food and consumer packaged goods for multiple clients.
Third Party Logistics
October 19, 2017
Shared Warehousing: Maximizing the Benefits
Do you use a 3PL to store and distribute products from a multi-client, or shared, warehouse? If you’re like many shippers with a shared warehousing strategy, you may need to change the way you...
Third Party Logistics
July 11, 2017
Reduce Warehouse Labor Costs By Paying Workers More!
How can you reduce warehouse labor costs by paying more to warehouse workers?Simple: Don’t pay everyone more, just the peak performers.
Logistics Management
August 23, 2016
The Key to Upholding Quality in an Operation: Internal Audit Programs
Does your warehouse or 3PL provider have an internal audit program in place? It is critical for all operations follow standard operating procedures (SOP’s) – that’s how you get to the quality we need...
3PL
August 11, 2016
Centered around Communication
As the Distribution Center Manager for Weber Logistics’ Stockton facilities, and throughout my career in Warehousing, Logistics and Supply Chain, it has become apparent that one of, if not the, most...
Logistics Management
August 2, 2016
A Partnership Approach to 3PL Logistics
What is the key to a successful business? We all have a common goal and that is to grow our businesses. The key is to bring in new partners and not just customers. You want to form new partnerships...
3PL
March 10, 2016
Find the Best Warehouse Pricing the First Time Around
When the search begins for a 3PL, we evaluate and consider many things. One of the make or break factors includes pricing. Now, do you want a rate generated on the spot or are you willing to wait...
Warehouse operations
December 28, 2015
Say Goodbye to End of Year Inventories
In the past, annual inventories were executed at the end of the year based on an organizations accounting year. While that was a method to get a good annual inventory count, it had its challenges...
Warehouse Rates
July 2, 2015
The Key to Accurate Warehousing Rates is Accurate Data.
3PLs utilize profile worksheets to calculate rates. Each 3PL has its own worksheet, but the approaches are similar. At Weber, we look at a variety of data, including product volume, case size, pallet...
west coast warehouses
April 23, 2015
Tips to Evaluate your Warehouse Provider and Lower Costs
It’s tough to compare competitive warehouse bids. Precise warehouse rates require a more detailed analysis. Companies often cannot provide all the data requested, so 3PLs have to make assumptions in...
Capital Management